topic Re: root user in free edition web console? in Databricks Free Edition Help

root user in free edition web console?

fehrin1 — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:05:09 GMT

Hi all,

With DB free edition i am logged in as a spark-xxxx user after opening web console.

Is it possible to work as root user and how?

I have access to a commercial DB instance and here i am in fact root with opening the web console. How is this controlled and configured?

For this spark-xxxx user is there some default password (so i can possibly try sudo?)?

fehrin1 — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:38:01 GMT

In fact my login user is shown as my email address (free edition user name?), but if i try sudo i am asked for the password of some spark-xxxx iser.

szymon_dybczak — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 14:02:13 GMT

Unfortunately ,this is not possible in Serverless. You can't login as root or use sudo command.